Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-04
BILL kYE.
He Inter>trws Jay Gould and indulges
in some Moral Reflections.

Yesterday To renew tue acquaintance ana uls-
cuss the happy past Ten Years OF patient
toll and earnest enieayor on my part, ten
years of philanthropy on his, have been filed
away i'll the grim ami greedy heretofore.
Both of Us have changed i'll that time, though
JAY has changed more than have Perhaps
that is because he has been thrown more III
contact with change than have.
Still, hai changed good deal in those
years FOR when called atlrvingtun yester-
day Mr. Gould did not remember me. Neither
did the Natchful but uVeTeStiHIated dog in the
front yard.
Carefully conCealing the fact that had
any business relations with the press. gave
my card to the person who docs chores for
Mr. Gould, aud, apoiogi giZing for not having
dropped III before, | took seat ia the spare
room To- wait for the great railroad magnate.
Il believe that have never had the pleas-
ure OF meeting You before, sir" said the great
railroad swallower and amateur Ihlanthro-
pist, with tinge Of railroad irony.
Yes, sir, we met some ten years ago, said
|, lightly running my fingers over the keys
of the piano in order To show him that ! WAS
accustomed to the sight OF piano. Il was
then working IN the rolling mill at Laramie
City, NNo., AMI you came to visit the mill,
which was then operated by the Union Pacific
Railroad company You do not remember
uIe because | have purchased a different pair
Of trousers since | saw you, and the cane
which ! wear this season changes my whole
appearance also | remember you. however
very much.
We'll, If We grant all that. Mr. Nye. will
you excuse me for asking You to what am
indebted for this cailg
Well. Mr.. Could, said rising to my full
height aud putting my soft hat ON the brow o
the Venus de Milo, after which seated myself
THIS INTERVIEW.
opposite him in degnge western way. "y6u
are indebted to me for this call That's wha,
you're indebted TO. But we will let that pass.
We are not here to talk about Indebtedness,
Jay. II YOU are busy you needn't return this
call till next winter. But am here Just &c
converse in quiet way, as between man and
man To talk over the past, to ask you how
your conduct il and to inquire If ] can do you
any good in any way whatever. This is nc
time to speak pieces and ask in grammati
cal way, To what you are indebted for th.
call My main object in coming up here was
TO take you by the hand and ask you how
your memory s this spring. Judging from
what / could hear, l was led to believe that i.
was little inclined To he sluggish and afro
phied days and to keep you awake nights. l..
that so, Jayr
No. sir; that is not 50"
"Very well, then have been nsled by the
report, in the papers and am glad it Is all
IA mistake Now, one thing more before 60.
Did 1t ever occur to you that while You and
your family are all out in your yacht to
gether some day, sudden sluaii q quick
lurch of the lee scuppers, a trenuious move
ment Of the main brace, a shudder Of the
spring boom might occur and all lie overT
Yes, air. l have often thought of it, and
of course such a thing might happeh at any
time; but YOU forget that while We are oul
Oh the bread and boundiess ocean We enjoy
ourselves. We are free. People with morbi,
curiosity cannot come and call on us W.
cannot get the daily newspapers, and We dc
not have TO meet low, vulgar people who pay
their debts AMI perspire,"
''Of course, that is one view to take of it
but that is only selfish view. Supposin2
that you have made no provision for tn,
future i'm case of accident Would IL moi
be well for YOU to name some one outside oi
your own family to take up this great burdieI
which is now weighing you down-thi.
money which yoa say yourself has made q
slave % ynu-and look out for it,
IF you huve not thoroughly considered
this matter wish that you would do at al
early date. | have in my minds eye just
sucE man as YOU need. His shoulders ar,
well fitted for burden Of this kind, and h.
would pick il up cheertully al any time ypl
See fit to lay it down. | Will give you his AL
dress
Thank YOU" said Mr.. Gould. as the ther
mometer in the next room suddenly froze VI
and burst with a loud report. And now, il
YOU will excuse me from oftsetting my time
which is worth $50 minute, against yours
which | judge To be worth about 81 per week,
will bid you good morning"
He then held the door open for me, and
shortly after that came away. There wer,
three reasons why did not remain, but the
principal reason was that did not think ht
wanted me 10 do 50.
And so came away and left him There
was little else that could say after that.
II is not the first time that western mar
has been treated with consideration in hi.
own section only TO be frowned upon and
frozen when he meets the SAME man in New
York
Mr. Gould is below the medium height and
is likely to remain So through life. His coun-
tensnce wears a crafty expression, and yet
he allowed himself to be April fooled by q
genial party Of gentlemen from Boston, who
saltei the central branch Of the Union Pacific
railroad by holding back all the freight for
two weeks in order TO have it on the road
while Jay was examining the property.
jay Gould would attract very little atten.
ton here on the streets, but he would GER
tainly be looked upon with suspicion in Para
disc. 4 man who would fail to remember
that he had SI,G00U00 that belonged To the
Erie road, hut who does not forget TO rernen
ber whenever he paid his own hotel bills al
Washington, Is the kind Of a man who would
pull up and pawn the paNements Of faradis.
within thirty days after he got there.
After looking over the above statement
carefully, feel called upon, in justice Il
myself, To state that DR.. Burchald did moi
assist me in constructing the last sentence.
do not wish to crush capital with labor
or to further intensity the feeling which al
ready exists between the two, for am a iant
holder and taxpayer myself, but say thai
the man who never mixes up with the com
mon people unless lie Is summoned to explain
something and shake the moths out of hi.
memory will some day, when the grass grows
green over his grave. find himself coufronte'
by the same kind Of a memory on -he part oi
mankind
do not say all this because was treated
in All off hand manner by Mr.. Gould, but be,
cause think il ought to be said.
As said before, jay Gould is considerably
below the meiiun height and am not going
to take il back.
He is a man who will some day sit out OF
the corner of new laid planet with his littl,
pink railroad maps Oh his knee, and ask
'.Where am | y and the echoes from every
musty corner of nliasinatic oblivion viii TAXI
up the question and refer 1t to the Judiciary
c0r,inilgee; but it will curl up and die lik'